Flint Spirits

Flint Spirits
founding	1985
resolution	1990
history	Flint Spirits 1985–1990 Fort Wayne Comets since 1990
Stadion	IMA Sports Arena
Location	Flint , Michigan
league	International Hockey League
Cooperations	New York Rangers ( NHL )
Turner Cups	no

The Flint Spirits were an American ice hockey franchise of the International Hockey League based in Flint , Michigan . The venue for the Spirits was the IMA Sports Arena .

history

The Flint Spirits were founded in 1985 as a franchise of the International Hockey League . In their first season they finished tenth and thus last. Then they finished a season in fourth of nine places twice in a row and achieved the greatest success of their existence in the 1987/88 season when they moved into the final of the Turner Cup , in which they were in the best-of-seven Series lost to the Salt Lake Golden Eagles with 2: 4 wins. The next year Flint could not build on this success and was the second time last in ten participating teams. In the 1989/90 season, after a fourth place in the regular season with a sweep in the best-of-seven series against the Kalamazoo Wings, the Spirits were eliminated in the first play-off round, after which the franchise was relocated to Fort Wayne and that henceforth traded as Fort Wayne Komets .

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
1985-86	82	16	60	-	6th	-	38	270	495	10., IHL	not qualified
1986-87	82	42	33	-	7th	-	91	343	361	4th, IHL	Defeat in the first round
1987-88	82	42	31	-	9	-	93	395	289	4th, IHL	Defeat in the final
1988-89	82	22nd	54	-	6th	-	50	287	428	10., IHL	not qualified
1989-90	82	40	36	-	6th	-	86	326	358	4th, IHL	Defeat in the first round

Team records

Career records

Games: 158 Jim Egerton

Goals: 106 Jim Egerton

Assists: 109 John Cullen

Points: 214 Jim Egerton

Penalty Minutes: 472 Jim Egerton

Known players

• John Cullen
• Glen Goodall
• Jayson Meyer
• Rudy Poeschek
• Kevin Miller
• Peter Laviolette
• Don Waddell

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Flint Spirits
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Flint Spirits